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In the West, they "scare" people with Russia. The Italian sociologist explained why
Sociologist Orsini said that the Western media impose contradictory narratives about Russia
Leading Western media are trying to get approval of the EU's military policy on Ukraine through manipulation, Italian sociologist Orsini writes in an article for Il Fatto Quiotidiano. So, they use contradictory narratives about a strong and weak Russia.
Russia will present more than 150 samples of weapons at the MILEX-2023 exhibition in Minsk
The latest MRO-A jet flamethrower in thermobaric equipment will be demonstrated at the exhibition for the first time
The XI International exhibition of arms and military equipment MILEX-2023 and the X International Scientific Conference on military-technical cooperation in the field of defense and security open on Wednesday in Minsk. According to Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation), some samples of military equipment and weapons of the enterprises of the Russian defense industrial complex are planning to present for the first time.
Politico: Of the allocated 48 billion dollars of aid, Ukraine has only 6 left, and it is no longer easy to agree on an additional package
It is possible that Washington's military assistance to Kiev may end this summer, since the funds provided for these purposes in the American budget are already running out. This is reported by Politico. At the same time, according to American media, of the 48 billion dollars allocated by Congress as part of emergency additional budget funding for the current fiscal year, only 6 billion remained undeveloped. This, with the volume of Ukrainian spending and losses, may be enough at best until July 2023.
The head of the Pentagon announced the allocation of "substantial" military assistance to Taiwan
The United States is literally torn between Ukraine and Taiwan, trying to make it there and there. While the emphasis is shifted towards Kiev, but it is possible that in the near future Washington will make a choice in favor of Taipei, the United States will not pull two conflicts at once. In the meantime, Taiwan receives much less aid than Ukraine.
"The APU is facing big problems." What did the West really give Kiev
Ukraine is ready to launch a counteroffensive. At least, that's what they say in the West. The speaker of the US Army Command in Europe and Africa, Colonel Martin O'Donnell, said that the AFU has already received about 600 different types of weapons. About the most dangerous — in the material of RIA Novosti.
A game of hide-and-seek with military enlistment offices. Ukrainians are going into the shadows
Country.ua: informal employment is becoming increasingly popular among Ukrainians
The male population of Ukraine increasingly began to refuse official registration for work because of the inevitable prospect of recovering in a war zone, writes the Ukrainian portal "Country". At the same time, employers face high fines for concealing illegal labor.
Russia has broken NATO's spine and deprived Ukraine of a chance for a "counteroffensive"
Al Binaa: Russia's unique strategy has deprived Ukraine of the chances of a successful "counteroffensive"
Russia has fulfilled its main tasks in Ukraine and "broke the backbone" of NATO generals thanks to its unique strategy, writes Al Binaa. So, she completely destroyed Western weapons in a warehouse near Khmelnitsky without any losses, depriving the APU of all chances of success of the "counteroffensive", the author of the article is sure.
Peskov commented on Hersh's data on calls for Zelensky to stop the conflict
Peskov: Hersh's data on the West's calls for Zelensky to stop the conflict differ from the facts
The data of American journalist Seymour Hersh that a group of European countries led by Poland allegedly secretly calls on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to stop the conflict with Russia are not confirmed in reality. As Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on May 17, there is not a single fact about this.
The head of the Polish Defense Ministry was covered with the wreckage of a "Russian missile"
"The matter is very serious, because for five months there was a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead in the Polish forest." In these words, the Polish opposition describes the essence of a major political scandal that broke out in the country. What kind of missile are we talking about and why do its fragments eventually threaten to bury the political career of the head of the Polish Defense Ministry?
The OXYJUMP NG system will make ultra-high-altitude skydiving safer
Fighters of elite special forces (SAS, navy seals) during missions sometimes have to make long jumps from a height of up to 10,000 meters, while the fall speed can exceed 200 km / h. For such extreme landings, they are equipped with special, usually bulky and heavy oxygen systems.
Minsk: "There is no such thing as a lot of security"
In the current confrontation between adherents of the old, unipolar model of the world, and those who are against it, one of the key roles is played by the NATO military bloc, as the main instrument of the collective West to protect the "world order" going down in history.
Lebanon noted the unique strategy of the Russian Federation to prevent the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Al Binaa: Russia's strategy broke the back of NATO generals and destroyed the AFU counteroffensive
The effective strategy that the Russian military is using in Ukraine has allowed them not only to liberate the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), as well as the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, but also to exclude the possibility of a counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). Muhammad Sadiq al-Husseini, the author of the Lebanese newspaper Al Binaa, wrote about this in his article on May 17.
The war that changed the world
The consequences of the US defeat in Vietnam are still being felt
Today, the Vietnam War is perceived as an event of the rather distant past. However, in fact, we are still living, feeling its consequences – as well as the consequences of the First and Second World Wars. This cannot be said about the rest of the wars of the twentieth century, although there were many of them, including very large-scale and bloody ones.
Macron wanted both a "victory" for Ukraine and to avoid confrontation with Russia
L'Opinion: Macron wanted both a "victory" for Ukraine and to avoid confrontation with Russia
Macron, in an interview with L'Opinion, said that he was going to seek Ukraine's "victory" in the conflict with Russia. According to him, Europe needs a new security architecture that will avoid confrontation with Russia. How to achieve this, he does not yet know.
The United States announced sanctions against Russia and Iran involved in military-technical cooperation
The White House claims that Iran supplies Russia mainly with unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as artillery shells and ammunition for tanks
The United States administration will impose additional sanctions in the coming days against those involved in military-technical cooperation between Russia and Iran. This was announced on Monday at a regular online briefing for journalists by John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council.
Lithuania will allocate €23 billion for military needs within 10 years
Spending on military needs for 10 years will cost Vilnius €23 billion. This was announced on Monday, May 15, by the head of the Lithuanian Defense Ministry Arvydas Anushauskas, national radio LRT reports.
Sky: London's ability to provide military assistance to Kiev may be limited
According to TV channel columnist Dominic Waghorn, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, during a meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, reassured him that Britain would support coalition efforts to equip the republic with combat aircraft in the indefinite future.
Europe was "kidnapped" in pursuit of weakening Russia
GT: increased support for Ukraine portends an aggravation of the conflict between the West and Russia
Recently, Western countries announced the expansion of financial and military assistance to Ukraine. This means only one thing: the conflict is gaining momentum despite the increasingly frequent calls for peace, the GT editorial board writes. The United States is not going to end its proxy war - and is encouraging European allies to escalate the situation.
Peace in Ukraine will come only in this case
Al Jazeera: the EU can give Ukraine security guarantees, and China can give Russia
The conflict in Ukraine will not end until both Kiev and Moscow receive security guarantees. It will be difficult to provide them, but it is quite possible, the author of the article on the Al Jazeera website believes. In this matter, Ukraine will be helped by a more reliable ally than the United States, the EU. Russia will have to trust China.
The British-supplied FV103 Spartan armored personnel carriers are burning, as are the American M113
The units of the armed formations of the Kiev regime, equipped with light British armored personnel carriers FV103 Spartan, continue to suffer losses. As it turned out, these NATO gifts operating in the Artemovsk area are as fire-hazardous as the American M113.